Tag: coronavirus
Let us Feast!
Time and time again, in both mythic and recorded history, humans have celebrated the passing of a hardship by gathering together in merriment with good food and drink and song.
Taborian Cultural Competence
How do you measure the beauty, fittingness, and purposefulness of Hewitt, his family, farm, and community? I hope no one tries to innovate an inventory to do it.
My Mask, My Choice
Unfortunately, much of what is currently driving the discussion is not reason nor compassion but anger.
The Front Porch and the American Dream
Perhaps, just perhaps, COVID has restored some of the beauty and desirability of the front porch.
Prospects for Localism (and a New Podcast)
This recording also serves as the inaugural episode of the Brass Spittoon, a new podcast from the Front Porch Republic. We’ll chew on issues timeless and timely, with a focus on place, limits, and liberty.
Limits, Risk Aversion, and Technocracy
What about Lasch’s analysis of limits? I have in mind two contemporary cultural developments, the rise of technocracy and our extreme aversion to risk, that seem to challenge certain aspects of Lasch’s thinking.
Human Interaction: The Most Essential Business
Scotsdale, AZ. With a vaccine on the horizon, it is time to think hard about how our country should look when the pandemic ends....
The Worst?
2020 has certainly had real trials and tribulations, but our approach to it is also reflective of a culture in which everything disliked has long been “the worst.”
Some Possibly Helpful Thoughts on Localism, Populism, and Proximity During a...
The departure of Donald Trump from the White House will assuredly not mean the departure of Trumpism from American life. The collection of...
Home, Revisited
The pandemic has provided an opportunity to recenter our lives around home and family